WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom

Volume I, Issue 3
Reading Critically through Global Inquiry

WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom is a regular on-line publication of WOW containing vignettes written by classroom educators about children’s experiences reading and responding to literature in the classroom setting.

Contents

Introduction: Reading Critically through Global Inquiry, by Kathy G. Short, professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Part 1: Supporting Children’s Thinking about Literature and Literacy

• Thinking about Thinking with Young Children, by Kathryn Bolasky, Kindergarten Teacher
• Retellings as a Valuable Response to Literature, by Kathryn Bolasky, Kindergarten Teacher
• Exploring Flow Charts as a Tool for Thinking, by Jaquetta Alexander & Jennifer Griffith, First/Second Grade Teacher
• Creating a Context for Understanding in Literature Circles, by Amy Edwards, Fifth Grade Teacher
• Integrating Fiction and Nonfiction Texts to Build Deep Understanding, by Lisa Thomas, Project Specialist & Kathy G. Short, Professor, University of Arizona
• Exploring World Languages in an Afterschool Language Club, by Lisa Thomas, Project Specialist
• Understanding by Looking Below the Surface, by Kathryn Tompkins, Third/Fourth Grade Teacher
• Using the Inquiry Cycle with Young Children: A Global Study of Fairy Tales, by Jennifer Griffith, First Grade Teacher

Part 2: Creating Conceptual Understanding about Social issues

• Making Personal Connections: Conceptual Thinking in Kindergarten, by Kathryn Bolasky, Kindergarten Teacher
• The Power of Power in Responding to Literature, by Kathryn Tompkins, Third/Fourth Grade Teacher
• Getting Past the Social Drama to Engage Fifth Graders with Power, by Amy Edwards, Fifth Grade Teacher
• Experiencing the Way the World Eats, by Lisa Thomas, Project Specialist
• Creating Conceptual Understandings of Hunger, by Kathryn Tompkins, Third/Fourth Grade Teacher
• Challenging Stereotypes of Poverty through Children’s Literature, by Kaye Wingfield, Fourth/Fifth Grade Teacher
• Helping Young Students Think Conceptually: An Inquiry Study of Hunger and Power, by Jaquetta Alexander, First/Second Grade Teacher

Part 3: Taking Action on Social Issues

• Taking Action as a Process over Time, by Jennifer Griffith, First Grade Teacher
• Creating a Change that Keeps on Giving, by Teryl Ford, Second/Third Grade Teacher
• Taking Action in Tight Times, by Amy Edwards, Fifth Grade Teacher

Editor
Kathy G. Short, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Production Editor
Rebecca K. Ballenger, Worlds of Words

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